Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
The Characteristics of Devotion to Hari
यदान्तःकरणैर्युक्तः स्वेच्छया विचरत्यसौ । स्वपन्नित्युच्यते ह्यात्मा यदा स्वापविवर्जितः ॥ १६ ॥
yadāntaḥkaraṇairyuktaḥ svecchayā vicaratyasau | svapannityucyate hyātmā yadā svāpavivarjitaḥ || 16 ||
যেতিয়া আত্মা মন-বুদ্ধি-অহংকাৰ-চিত্ত আদি অন্তঃকৰণসমূহৰ সৈতে যুক্ত হৈ স্বেচ্ছাই বিচৰণ কৰে, তেতিয়া তাক ‘নিত্য-স্বপ্নশীল’ বোলা হয়; আৰু যেতিয়া সি নিদ্ৰাবর্জিত, তেতিয়া সি ‘স্বাপাতীত’ আত্মা।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It distinguishes the Self conditioned by the antaḥkaraṇa (which experiences dream-like movement) from the Self that is free from sleep—pointing toward liberation as recognition of consciousness beyond mental states.
While the verse is primarily jñāna-oriented, it supports bhakti by clarifying that devotion matures when one knows the Lord/Reality as the witness beyond mind and sleep-like delusion, rather than identifying with shifting inner states.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is yogic-psychological: observe how the antaḥkaraṇa conditions experience, and cultivate wakeful awareness beyond svāpa (sleep) and svapna (dream).